| General Features | Zim | DokuWiki | TiddlyWiki |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
0.56
|
2020-07-29 "Hogfather"
|
5.1.21
|
| Last Release Date |
2012-04-01 (12 years ago)
|
2020-07-19 (3 years ago)
|
2019-07-24 (4 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2012-07-16 (11 years ago)
|
2021-08-09 (2 years ago)
|
2019-11-20 (4 years ago)
|
| Author |
Jaap Karssenberg
|
Andreas Gohr
|
Jeremy Ruston, TiddlyWiki community
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
GPL 2
|
BSD
|
| Programming Language |
Python
|
PHP
|
HTML, JavaScript
|
| Data Storage |
Files, RCS
|
Files
|
Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Intended Audience |
Private users, small teams
|
personal, small to medium companies
|
Individuals, private, small groups
|
| System Requirements | Zim | DokuWiki | TiddlyWiki |
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows, OSX
|
Linux, UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
Any
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Webserver |
None
|
Apache, IIS, Nginx, Lighttpd, anything with PHP support
|
Not required (optional backends available)
|
| Other Requirements |
Desktop environment with Gtk toolkit
|
A common browser
|
|
| Datastorage | Zim | DokuWiki | TiddlyWiki |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| MySQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Other |
Text Files with index in SQLite
|
None
|
Data self contained in html file OR as individual data files
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Zim | DokuWiki | TiddlyWiki |
| Page Permissions |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Authentication Backends |
File permissions
|
Textfile, LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ActiveDirectory
|
optional extensions available
|
| Host Blocking |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Mail Encryption |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| nofollow |
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Blacklist |
No
|
Optional
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Development/Support | Zim | DokuWiki | TiddlyWiki |
| # of Consultants | |||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | |||
| Issue Tracker | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| Support Forum | |||
| Chat Channel | |||
| Stars on GitHub |
N/A
|
3582 ⭐
|
7039 ⭐
|
| Common Features | Zim | DokuWiki | TiddlyWiki |
| Preview |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Page History |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | Zim | DokuWiki | TiddlyWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Interface Languages |
27
Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
68
Afrikaans, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Byelorussian, Bulgarian, Bengali; Bangla, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, Faroese, French, Frisian, Galician, Hebrew, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Kazakh, Cambodian, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latin, Lithuanian, Latvian, Lettish, Malagasy, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Malay, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese Traditional |
4
German, English, French, Japanese |
| Email notification |
No
|
Optional
|
Unknown
|
| Comments |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Categories |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Namespaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Conflict Handling |
Conflict Resolution
|
Page Locking
|
None
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Structured Data |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Links | Zim | DokuWiki | TiddlyWiki |
| CamelCase |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Redirects |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Features | Zim | DokuWiki | TiddlyWiki |
| HTML Tags |
None
|
Optional
|
Optional
|
| Math formulas |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Tables |
none
|
simple
|
complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Markdown Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Textile Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Footnotes |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Quoting |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Internal Comments |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Scripting |
None
|
Optional, PHP
|
JavaScript
|
| Content Includes |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Usability | Zim | DokuWiki | TiddlyWiki |
| Section Editing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Templates |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Toolbar |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Statistics | Zim | DokuWiki | TiddlyWiki |
| Recent Changes |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Orphaned Pages |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Output | Zim | DokuWiki | TiddlyWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
Print CSS
|
| Mobile Friendly |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes & Skins |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| ATOM Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Abbreviations |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Auto-TOC |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | Zim | DokuWiki | TiddlyWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Embedded Video |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| SVG Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Media Search |
No
|
Filenames only
|
No
|
| Extras | Zim | DokuWiki | TiddlyWiki |
| Calendar |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Forums |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Blogs |
Optional
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | Zim | DokuWiki | TiddlyWiki |
| Internal Link |
CamelCase [[foobar:subpage]] +subpage |
[[a Link]] [[namespace:link]] [[link|With a Title]] |
WikiWord (CamelCase) [[link]] [[label|link]] |
| External Link |
wp?Wiki_Engine http://wikimatrix.org ftp://somehost/share \\host\share\.. |
[[http://example.com]] [[http://example.com|With a Title]] |
http://www.example.com [[label|http://www.example.com]] |
| Headlines |
=== Heading === |
====== Level 1 ====== ===== Level 2 ===== ==== Level 3 ==== === Level 4 === == Level 5 == |
! Level 1 !! Level 2 !!! Level 3 !!!! Level 4 !!!!! Level 5 |
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
**bold** |
''bold'' |
| Italics Format |
//italic// |
//italics// |
//italic// |
| Underline Format |
__underline__ |
__underlined__ |
__underline__ |
| Monospace Format |
``monospace`` |
''monospace'' |
{{{monospaced}}} |
| Strikethrough Format |
~~strike~~ |
<del>strikethrough</del> |
--strikethrough-- |
| Superscript Format |
^{sup} |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
^^superscript^^ |
| Subscript Format |
_{sub} |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
~~subscript~~ |
| Images |
{{./image.png}} |
{{local.jpg}}
{{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}} |
[img[local.jpg]] [img[http://foo.bar/foo.jpg]] |
| Aligning Text |
not implemented |
Plugin |
using custom classes, e.g.
{{right{
text
}}} |
| Text Indentation |
indent with tabs |
N/A |
:indent > quote <<< blockquote <<< |
| Bulleted Lists |
* List item * sub items * with indent |
* item 1 * item 1.1 * item 2 |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
1. List item a. with sub items b. ... |
- item 1 - item 1.1 - item 2 |
# Item 1 ## Item 1.1 # Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
not implemented |
Plugin |
; term : description |
| Horizontal Rule |
not implemented |
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